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A work made of collage of various cut-and-pasted papers, including abrasive paper (prepared with gouache and silver metallic paint), on cream wove paper, laid down on tan laminate board.
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  • A work made of collage of various cut-and-pasted papers, including abrasive paper (prepared with gouache and silver metallic paint), on cream wove paper, laid down on tan laminate board.

Date:

1920

Artist:

El Lissitzky (Lazar Markovich Lissitzky)
Russian, 1890-1941

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

El Lissitzky

Title

Proun

Place

Russia (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1920

Medium

Collage of various cut-and-pasted papers, including abrasive paper (prepared with gouache and silver metallic paint), on cream wove paper, laid down on tan laminate board

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower right, in graphite: "E Lissitzky"

Dimensions

29.9 × 37.9 cm (11 13/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1998.733

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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